Germaphobe central: would you self-quarantine yourself?

Opening Argument

For those of you with small kids, there is nothing more frustrating than when the kids get a flu. Lets say your nephew (your brothers son) has a severe flu and you normally take the same train home with your brother on a way to work. Would you still take the same train with your brother, or try to avoid taking train with him. The brother is not showing any symptoms (atleast not yet), but you know that flu is highly contagious and it takes a couple of days to show symptoms.

Would you take train with your brother?

11 votes

Yes -I am not germaphobe: I will still take train with my brother.

45.45%

No - I would not take train with him. I would tell him why.

45.45%

No - I would not take train with him. I would make an excuse and not tell him directly why.

I would take the train with him. Train has many sick people all the time. You simply cant avoid it. As long as your brother is not coughing or sneezing you, it is fine. Look at it this way: it is either your brother or some other sick person next to you.

Tocik17, while you make a valid point, incubation period for flu is 2 days. When in school kids have a flu, teachers often send a note home letting parent know about the risk. It is true that other random people on the train may also have a flu, but you cannot help them. You are also not talking to them directly.

/aproffesional_alls19,Thanks for your point. I guess I am not sure how relevant it is if they are brothers. If one gets the other sick, brings it home to their family and kids, the other brothers family will not appreciate him taking this risk knowingly.

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